Turn your Kindle Fire into an Android 4.2 tablet
New service N2Aos gives you the tools to easily root your Kindle Fire, and can even do it remotely if you're not a tech-savvy user. Plus: a free…
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Google closes the book on Reader, announces July 1 sunset
The day long feared by fans of Google Reader has come: the service will shut down, the company said, CNET reports.
Can green tech operate under Moore’s Law?
Doubling the performance of clean-energy technologies every 18 months, as the semiconductor industry has seen with Moore's Law, is a tough goal to hit. But executives from General…
HP buying Palm for $1.2 billion
Palm, the company that invented the PDA but has struggled to stay relevant in recent years, will be acquired by computing giant Hewlett-Packard for $1.2 billion, CNET reports.
Andreessen-founded Ning cuts staff, free service
Uh-oh. Just a month after Gina Bianchini, co-founder of build-a-social-network service Ning, departed the company, it's cutting 40 percent of its staff and axing its free, ad-supported service,…
Crowdsourcing start-up aims to change the world
Set to launch in beta form on April 6, Armchair Revolutionary is a web-based social activism platform designed to harness large-scale crowdsourcing and the boom in social gaming…
Virtual PC hole could lead to attacks, security firm says
An unpatched weakness in Microsoft's Virtual PC could leave organizations using the virtualization software vulnerable to attack, CNET reports.
Internet safety video could win young filmmakers $10,000
Computer security company Trend Micro has an offer for any teen or adult who cares about internet safety and security and wants to become an award-winning filmmaker, CNET…
Why no one cares about privacy anymore
Google co-founder Sergey Brin adores the company's social network called Google Buzz, CNet reports.
Google launches tool for searching public data
Google is building on its partnership with the World Bank, U.S. Census Bureau, and other gatherers of statistics to present an array of data in visual form within…